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Monday, January 9, 2012

Shoe Addiction… It’s a Girl Thing

Hi everyone, as I mentioned previously I am going to come
clean about my addictions, this is one many of you share…. SHOES! Guys (unless they are gay) just don’t get
this one.

I must admit that I came to this addiction rather late in
life and I can place the blame squarely upon my sister (Susan, are you
listening????). I have wide feet with a
high instep and quite frankly I just couldn’t be bothered trying on pair after
pair that didn’t fit so that I could have a closet full of shoes. One black pair, one brown pair… good to go.

Then my sister, a notorious
shoe addict, finally badgered me into trying on some of her collection. To give you some indication of the extent of
her issues, she recently had the den in her home converted into a “closet”, it
even has an island… it also has three floor to ceiling units for a part of her shoe
collection… it’s practically an art gallery.

At any rate, there
were some of her collection that actually fit and looked good and were quite
comfortable and they were Fluevog’s (check out www.fluevog.com)
. At the time I was a Fluevog virgin and
didn’t realize what a religion they are to some, their slogan is “Unique Soles
for Unique Souls” and that about sums it up.
At the time there wasn’t a store in Calgary so I accompanied my sister
on one of her several times a year pilgrimages to the Fluevog mecca of
Vancouver. Needless to say I came home
with several pairs of shoes and ankle boots (one pair was blue!)… this was just
the beginning.

I currently own about 40 pairs of shoes and ankle boots in a
variety of colors stored in a huge 4 drawer credenza by my back door. I have Fluevog’s, Fly’s, Audly, Guiardon,
TN-29, R.A.S, Frye, Chia Mahara in all shapes and colors. One thing I don’t have are spikes or
stilletos, just can’t do those… I’d have a broken ankle before you could say
“Call 9-1-1”. So, no Jimmy Choo or Louboutin
in my future but I’ve managed to put together a great variety of footwear for
every occasion. And now for the photo
part of this presentation…

These are one of my all-time favorite pairs, the Mini
Zaza. I never knew that shoes had names,
go figure. At Fluevog they create
“families” of shoes based on the same heel and platform. These have a wide toe so no squished tootsies
and a 2 1/2 “ heel and are amazingly comfortable. I have these in the Red/Pink below and in
Black/Cream. They are great to wear with anything from skirts to skinny jeans. I also
have another style from this family called the Mini Lily Darling in an
Oxblood/Black (I call them my naughty secretary shoes, check them out on the
website)

Fluevog also has fabulous ankle boots including these rocker
chick pointy ones called the Truth Melissa.
I have these in a lilac body with a blue buckle and fold-over top. These are super with jeans which you can tuck
in and flip the top of the boots up, super cute!

The following little beauties are for the serious footwear
connoisseur, they are by Tracey Neuls
and will run you about 750.00 regular priced (I don’t own these but I’m sure
you can imagine who does.. yup, sister). These are the Green Bow Peep Toes… I
will admit that I do covet these, the leather is “like butta” and they look
amazing on.